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TO/AND... WHERE | PREPOSITION "IN"--METAPHORICAL SENSE
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Under, below, underneath, beneath #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 27, 2006 21:30 pm   Under, below, underneath, beneath		  
Hi everybody

i asked to my teacher the difference between these 4 words and to be honest i'm not sure to have all understood (can you tell me please if this sentence is correct ?)

so could give me some examples with each word if possible ?

thanks a lot

Christophe
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Under, below, underneath, beneath #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 27, 2006 23:06 pm   Under, below, underneath, beneath		  
Christophe wrote:
Hi everybody,

I asked my teacher the difference between these four words and, to be honest, I'm not sure I have understood everything (can you please tell me if this sentence is correct ?)

So could you give me some examples with each word if possible ?

Thanks a lot

Christophe


Under as a preposition can mean
1 - in a place which is directly below: he hid under the table; the coin rolled under the piano.
2 - less than: she is under thirty; he is under age; it was sold for under $100; he ran the mile in under four minutes.

Below as an adverb means lower down: he stood on the hill and looked down into the valley below.
As a preposition, it means lower than: the temperature never goes below 25?; if you look below the surface; you shouldn't have hit him below the belt; his marks were considerably below (the) average.

Underneath as a preposition means under/beneath: she wore a long woollen cardigan underneath her jacket; he was sheltering underneath a chestnut tree.
As an adverb it also means under: he was wearing a thin shirt with nothing underneath.

Beneath as an adverb means underneath/below: he looked out of the plane at the mountains beneath.
As a preposition it means under: have you looked beneath the cooker?
He thinks it is beneath him, he thinks it is too insignificant/too unimportant for him to deal with.
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Under, below, underneath, beneath #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:28 am   Under, below, underneath, beneath		  
ok, thanks a lot Conchita for these examples, they are very useful

thanks you again and see you

Christophe
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